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3.3(of a business or a person) cease trading because of lack of funds.

‘he lost his savings when the store failed’

‘A picture of a tough home life emerged, with her ex-military father's business ventures failing and Mills admitting she was forced to steal food.’

‘I think in India it is still an issue of economics and you have to worry about the future, and if your business fails, your entire clan is affected and is sorrowful and that puts additional pressure.’

‘This could lead to a rash of negative reports from any auditor whose business is failing.’

‘More than a few businesses have failed because of lack of proper planning for capital and cash flow needs.’

‘How many countries do you know that will let a business employing 17,000 people fail?’

‘Akwaake said it has been noted that many new businesses fail because of the lack of mentoring.’

‘Not only is Gordon's business failing, but he and his wife have a baby girl who won't stop crying - so he's delirious from sleep deprivation and guilt.’

‘His business ventures failed, and his offers to fight in the Napoleonic wars were refused.’

‘Blair Nimmo: ‘Throughout 2003 we have seen a marked reduction in the number of Scottish businesses failing,’.’

‘If, however, the business is failing and the asset base is being gradually eroded, an early decision may leave some capital for reinvestment.’

‘Well, better that than the business failing altogether, is the obvious riposte.’

‘Rupert's business was failing, so his motive for co-operating with the FBI was at first financial.’

‘When firms fail, there rarely is any reason for taxpayers to pick up the tab.’

‘Yet, businesses fail because of a lack of knowledge, money, and support.’

‘I will not stand by and watch American businesses fail because of unfair trading practices abroad.’

‘Firms fail - no one can legislate away investor risk.’

‘Considerable jockeying for position takes place as the companies' battle each other in the market place for survival, with the weaker firms failing and dropping out.’

‘There are three things to worry about if your law firm fails.’

‘In the short term, however, some jobs would likely be lost as firms fail or restructure in the face of increased competition.’

collapse, crash, go under, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, be in the hands of the receivers, go into liquidation, cease trading, cease production, be closed, be shut down, close down, be wound up

Phrases

(of a financial organization or other business) so important to the economy of a country that a government or central bank must take measures to prevent it from ceasing to trade or going bankrupt.

‘he caused a stir earlier this month when he said that no company was too big to fail’

‘Today, leveraged speculation has become "too big to fail."’

‘And the greater the accumulation of foreign liabilities, the more the Monetary Regime became "too big to fail."’

‘The GSEs are today much too big to fail; much too big to even slow down; and, hence, too big to regulate.’

‘They hope to become too big to fail.’

‘Ultimately, if the US authorities eventually behave in a way that convinces the public that the market is too big to fail, the bubble could well last longer; the political spadework has been laid down for years.’

‘This environment is bringing new meaning to the doctrine of "Too Big to Fail."’

‘Due to recent megamergers and the emergence of large, complex banking entities, do we now find ourselves in a state of elevated moral hazard where "too big to fail" becomes a dominant concern?’

‘In Japan, such large companies were viewed as simply too big to fail.’

‘For decades, governments across the West have permitted the creation of moral hazard in the banking system by encouraging the belief that banks are too big to fail.’

without fail

With no exception; always.

‘he writes every week without fail’

‘I think the flood problems in Jakarta are almost impossible to solve, because the city floods every year, without fail.’

‘There are certain websites which always, without fail, get the wrong password out of me.’

‘We got to choose a sweet for under 10 pence and she always, without fail, abandoned us at the checkout.’

‘Why was it that whenever I was treated by fate to a romantic setting, I was always, without fail, ALONE?’

‘Constantly, without fail, she'd find herself in a group who completely ignored her.’

‘This always cheered me up, without fail, and this time was no different.’

‘It is the earliest of our primroses and the most reliable, appearing without fail each year, often blooming with the snowdrops in early February.’

‘It is totally unfair that other clubs are supplying referees week in week out without fail and other clubs couldn't be bothered.’

‘Natascha, Tash to most, was the first to admit that nervousness always and without fail got the better of her.’

‘They are studying plans to give those who turn up for work without fail extra days of holiday and even the chance to win prizes in order to make sure enough bobbies are on the beat.’

‘My father worked three jobs to care for his family and without fail he always made a point to be home for the family dinner.’

‘The cargo truckers' case should become a good precedent that any illegal action will face punishment by law without fail.’

‘The lawmakers should be called to account without fail for their reckless actions that run contrary to national interest.’

‘And yet, my mother would tune in every morning without fail, to follow the latest exploits of the main characters.’

‘She also paid tribute to all the cardplayers who came along without fail each Sunday night and helped in a really big way to make this possible.’

‘I am the one they'll sit next to on public transport without fail.’

‘Its colours and moods thrill the soul, ever changing in a reassuring regular manner, season after season, without fail.’

‘Above all, the resilience of the human spirit, present without fail in each location, is what has kept the filmmaker going.’

‘Roast beef and chicken dinners are weekly occurrences and on every occasion without fail the meat is always perfect.’

‘There was one of those pregnant silences that always grace a table without fail.’